With tears in her eyes, Nabi looked up at Zoey woodenly, “Do you want him to know?”
Zoey shook her head desperately, “No! I don’t want him to know!”
I didn’t want him to know before because I was afraid he would disgust himself more and hate himself more. I’m afraid he can’t bear this embarrassing truth.
Now that they’ve come this far, she doesn’t want him to know any more.
“He doesn’t know yet.”
Zoey breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Nabi say that.
“Okay, okay …,” Zoey gasped.
Nabi Yan looked at her in total confusion.
“Zoey, have you ever thought that if you stay with him as a secretary, sooner or later, he will find out.” Zoey looked back at Nabi Yan.
Nabi Yan licked her dry lips, “I know it may not be appropriate for me to say this, but don’t you think it’s best to leave MY company now? Zoey, you’re too close to him, he’s already a sensitive person, sooner or later he’ll find out you have a child and sooner or later he’ll know it’s his!”
Zoey didn’t want to think deeply about Nabi’s reasons for suggesting this, but had to admit that her words had merit.
“I’ve already sent in my resignation letter. Should be leaving in the near future.” Zoey gulped down the water to calm the ripples in her own mind …
Seemingly satisfied with her decision, Nabi breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at Zoey , he said with some guilt, “Sorry, I asked Nini to get a pair of your earrings yesterday, but I accidentally lost them. However, I have bought a new pair, almost exactly the same. Take a look, do you like them? I’ve engraved the letters on them for you too.”
Nabi Yan took the jewelry box and opened it and handed it to Zoey.
Zoey looked at the earrings and froze. It said they were identical, but in fact there was a big difference.
Both in terms of luster and roundness, anyone who is familiar with it will be able to recognize it at a glance.
“Don’t you like it?” Nabi Yan carefully watched Zoey and saw that she didn’t pick it up, her eyes darkened and she looked apologetic and aggrieved, “I’m sorry, Zoey, don’t blame me, okay? If you don’t like this pair, then I’ll go back another day and pick another pair for you.”
“No need. This pair looks good too.” Zoey pulled her lips into a forced smile and took them.
Actually, it doesn’t matter which pair it is!
Anyway, he would never know that the earrings he had kept for so long belonged to her. Of course, he didn’t even want to know either.
…
Zoey took the earrings and walked out of the studio in dismay.
Nabi Yan looked at her back as she left, a harmless smile fading on her beautiful face.
Following that, it was replaced with an icy cold.
…
The next morning, Zoey arrived at the office. Grabbed the envelope and went straight to the president’s office.
When Zoey went in, Jerry Xiao was sitting on the couch flipping through papers, seemingly on something tricky, he flung the papers on the low table in annoyance and cursed, “Bunch of losers!”
Zoey coughed softly and walked up, “President.”
Jerry Xiao only then found her entry, and when he saw her, his face became more and more ugly, “What? You’re quitting and you can’t even knock on the door anymore?”
“I’m sorry.” Zoey, with a calm face, was about to exit and reopen the door and come in.
But he drank it in, “What’s your business?”
Zoey handed the envelope to Jerry Xiao, “This is my resignation letter, please let the president read it.”
Jerry Xiao snorted, took the resignation letter, only coolly glanced at her, took the envelope and tore it.
“What are you doing?” Zoey looked at him uncomprehendingly.
Jerry Xiao didn’t even look at her, he just kept on settling accounts with her: “Do you know how much time I wasted yesterday at the morning meeting because of your dereliction of duty?”
It is indeed her fault that she was late for such an important meeting yesterday. Can …
“I apologize for my dereliction of duty yesterday, but that should have nothing to do with my resignation.”
“Wasted time is equivalent to suffering a large loss.”
Businessmen have always done this kind of accounting, and Zoey has already seen it, but this loss is a little too forced on her head.
She didn’t want to argue with him about anything and just said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Xiao. There is no way I can continue with this work environment, so please give me permission to leave!”
Jerry Xiao turned sideways and looked at Zoey with a straight face, “Zoey Baker, what are you so angry about? I think you are not angry at all about what happened in the elevator yesterday!”
Zoey froze.
Only to see his eyes grow sharper and sharper, looking at her heart. “You’re mad at me and Nabi!”
His words, stepping on the wound of her heart, hurt so much that she turned a little pale. But, quickly, and tried to regain her composure. She looked at him with a smile, “Nabi is my sister-in-law, and witnessing you doing … that kind of thing together, shouldn’t I be angry?”
The fingertips hanging at the side of the body, flushed with pale, slightly cold.
Jerry Xiao looked at her coldly, “You better be really just fighting for your brother and not for any other reason!”
Like hearing some kind of joke, Zoey laughed a little, “Otherwise, what else did the president think I would be angry for? However, the fact that President Xiao doesn’t want me to resign so much will make me possibly misunderstand.”
She has never been a sharp talker, but today almost every word she said to him was tit-for-tat.
Hurt, so she couldn’t repress the pain back.
Her words caused Jerry Xiao to grunt and laugh, rather disdainfully. “Don’t worry, I will let you go sooner or later. However, now is not the time.”
Zoey Baker looked at him and waited for his next comment.
Jerry Xiao tossed a document into her hands, “Since you made the company suffer a lot of losses yesterday, you should at least make up for that mistake before you leave.”
Zoey looked over the document in her hand, a bid – an invitation for a project sent by Ingram and his company.
It was a big enough project to make a splash in the city, and Zoey had already heard about it. And, this time, the Baker family was also in the running.
Undoubtedly, whoever can take this project, as long as everything goes smoothly, the next five years performance will be all the way to red …
But, Zoey didn’t understand why he threw this project at himself.
“You go to be the person in charge of this bid!” Jerry Xiao said what he meant, “If you can do it well, you can choose to leave immediately, and when the time comes, no one will keep you.”
The voice was cold, without the slightest intention to retain her.
“Why should I be chosen? I’ve never been exposed to the bidding piece of the project.” Zoey couldn’t figure out what he meant.
It was clearly a risky move for her to be in charge of this. Especially for such a big project, it’s not at all like a decision a shrewd businessman like him would make – if, that is, it’s just to make things difficult for her.
Jerry Xiao raised his eyebrows at her and leaned back on the sofa, with some mockery in his eyes, “Just because you and Ingram are so close, Secretary Baker, I believe in your social skills, so better, don’t let me down this time.”
The implied humiliation in his words caused Zoey’s pale lips to tremble several times, “You mean … for me to sleep with Ingram and tie up loose ends?”
Jerry Xiao’s large palm resting casually on his knee stiffened.
The words that came out were so cruel that Zoey couldn’t accept them, “Didn’t you guys do this a long time ago? I don’t suppose Secretary Baker would mind doing it again, would she?”
Bastard! Shameless!
The retort almost came out of his mouth, but Zoey held back. What came out was: “Of course it’s okay. As the president said, it makes no difference if it’s one more or one less. Then I will take this case. Please rest assured that I will not disappoint Mr. Xiao’s high expectations. When the time comes, I hope you can let me go.”
Zoey took the invitation, stubbornly raised her face and forced herself to walk out of the office calmly. However, the moment the door closed, fragile tears rushed out.
Couldn’t even take a step, could only lean helplessly against the cold wall, let the body shiver.
What is there to be sad and care about?
Last time, at that ball, didn’t he try to trade her to Ingram? Now it’s just a repeat of what happened last time! She really shouldn’t be this upset.
…
The door, was closed at that moment, the table a few minutes of documents were thrown everywhere by Jerry Xiao.
Damn it! How dare this woman go next! Did she not understand what he meant? Did she really want to let Ingram sleep with her? Or was she just willing to do it!
Jerry Xiao paced to the window in exasperation, looking at the traffic downstairs, and felt the urge to take back the invitation immediately, but who was he to take it?
Didn’t you always want to avenge your brother and torture this woman? Now is the best opportunity, why should he retreat?
As soon as I thought of this, I took out my cell phone and immediately called Feng.
The company’s latest bid will be handled by her.”
“What?” Feng couldn’t believe it, “Why is Secretary Baker in charge? She doesn’t know anything about these projects.”
“That’s why I let you pick the most experienced person!” Jerry Xiao said back without a good-natured smile.
Afong’s face is aggrieved, but does not dare to easily refute, so he can only resentfully exit and immediately proceed to pick someone.
…
The night is as cool as water.
When Nabi Yan came out of the bathroom, her husband had already taken the habit of slumping on the couch. Only a nonchalant back remained for her.
That’s what she’s been doing for the past few years of her married life!
Nabi Yan only felt defeated and helpless. She lifted the covers and sat down on the bed without turning off the lights, and only spoke softly, “I want a divorce.”
The figure on the sofa, moved a little.
“Jerry is back. In case you don’t know, he’s the president of MY, and your sister is working for him as a secretary right now.”
When he heard Zoey’s name, he finally moved, sat up from the couch and looked at Nabi Yan, “Have you ever thought about what would happen to you if we divorced?”
“Consequences? Front page headlines, and then suffer the scorn of society? But what does it matter, as long as I can be with him, I can bear all these!” Nabi Yan looked at Owen Baker with determination.
“So, you’ve made up your mind?”
“Yes.” Nabi Yan nodded and looked at Owen Baker, narrowing her eyes, “If you really liked Zoey , you should have acted a long time ago. Instead of trapping yourself in a lifeless marriage like this.”
Owen Baker’s usual gentle face suddenly changed, “What are you talking about! She’s my own sister!”
“But did you treat her like your own sister? Owen , don’t blame me for not warning you, your sister may be in love with Jerry Xiao!”
Owen Baker froze for a moment and his expression turned dark.